Ariana Figueroa, Iowa Capital Dispatch Joe Biden on Friday signed into law a resolution intended to avert a freight rail strike, based on an agreement reached between some rail unions and freight rail companies. Several unions did not agree with the deal passed by Congress because it lacked paid sick …
Read More »Senate Averts Freight Rail Strike, But Bid To Include Worker Sick Leave Fails
Ariana Figueroa, Nebraska Examiner The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to codify an agreement the White House brokered between rail unions and freight companies in order to avoid a catastrophic rail strike, but fell short of enough votes to include paid sick leave for workers. The Senate backed the rail …
Read More »House Votes To Avert Calamitous Rail Strike, But Senate Prospects Murky
Jacob Fischler, Virginia Mercury The U.S. House moved Wednesday to avoid an economically disastrous nationwide rail strike, voting to codify an agreement that members of some unions had already rejected and separately add paid sick leave that workers had demanded. The two-track approach allows Democrats to avert a strike …
Read More »U.S. House To Intervene In Rail Workers Strike, Heeding Biden Call
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday said the House will take up legislation to ratify an agreement between rail workers and operators in order to avert a nationwide rail strike. “This week, the House will take up a bill adopting the Tentative Agreement — with …
Read More »Statement From President Joe Biden On Averting A Rail Shutdown
The White House released a statement on Monday from President Joe Biden on averting a rail shutdown. I am calling on Congress to pass legislation immediately to adopt the Tentative Agreement between railroad workers and operators – without any modifications or delay – to avert a potentially crippling national rail …
Read More »As Strike Looms, Sanders Blocks GOP Bill to Force Rail Workers Into Deal With No Sick Days
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday afternoon stood up against Republicans’ attempt to force 115,000 railroad workers to accept a contract recommended by a presidential board last month, saying the GOP wants to hinder the workers’ fight “for sick leave and better working conditions.” Before taking to the Senate floor, …
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